:global cases in energy, environment, and climate change
/ Woodrow W. Clark II, editor
New York
: Springer Verlag
, c2013.
xvi, 292 p. , ill. , 24 cm.
Electronic
Includes bibliographic references (p. [284]-285) and index.
This book "focuses on how the field of economics must change and incorporate environment, energy, health and new technologies that are called externalities for stopping and reversing climate change."--p. 4 of cover
Introduction / Woodrow W. Clark II -- The next economics / Woodrow W. Clark II -- Market solutions for climate change / Malcolm Dole, Jr. -- Qualitative economics : the science needed in economics / Michael Fast and Woodrow W. Clark II -- Energy planning for regional and national needs: a case study, the California forecast (2005-2050) / Gary C. Matteson -- Achieving economic gains through the setting of environmental goals: the case of California / Tracey Grose -- Social capitalism: China's economic raise / Woodrow W. Clark II and Li Xing -- The "Cheap Energy Contract" : a critical roadblock to effective energy policy in the USA / Michael F. Hoexter -- Economic-environmental performance of micro-wind turbine in Mediterranean area / Nicola Cardinale, Gianluca Rospi, Guliano Cotrufo and Tiziana Cardinale -- Energy conservation for optimum economic analysis / Stephen C. Prey -- Blue-green agricultural revolution / Daniel Nuckols -- Going beyond growth: the green economy as a sustainable economic development strategy -- The conclusions: the science of economics / Woodrow W. Clark II.